Bite guide



Aug. 14, 1956 P. BADOVINAC ET AL 2,758,375

BITE GUIDE Filed Feb. 10, 1955 5 [I'll 6 gwuq/wbo'vs PETER BADOVINAC m.R. MEURER United States Patent Oflice 2,758,375 Patented Aug. 14, 1956BITE GUIDE Peter Badovinac and Nickolas Rudolph Meurer, Cleveland, OhioApplication February 10, 1955, Serial No. 487,280

2 Claims. (CI. 32-19) This invention relates to improvements in devicesfor making dentures, and more particularly to means for establishing thedimensions and other characteristics de sired of the denture. I

A dentist at present uses a device called a bite-guide, which gives adentist a better view of a bite, and enables the dentist to determinethe center and width of the teeth, also to determine the length of thelip line. On the biteguide structure are numerous dimensional markingswhich are noted and marked on a pad to furnish information necessary inmaking the denture. These pads and notations are often lost or misplacedand not available when needed.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a small frameremovably mounted on a bite-guide to temovably hold a card or the likehearing the information desired for making a denture.

These and other objects are attained by the novel structure andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a bite-guide carrying a card holder embodyingthe invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a plate, bite-guide and card holder.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a bite-guide 1 similar to thedevice described in my pending application serial number, 422,902; filedApril 13, 1954. The bite-guide has frame structure upon which isremovably mounted a holder 2 for slidably receiving a small card or tab5 which is adapted to receive in writing or otherwise, the informationdesired for making a denture. A tooth 9 is placed in a desired positionand held in place on the bite-guide by Wax or a similar substance thename of the patient and other information is ,written on the tab 5. Theframe or holder is preferably made of a sheet of metal having its sidesfolded to provide grooves or recesses to slidably receive the card 5.

The above description is to be considered as illustrative and notlimitative of the invention of which modifications can be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

' The invention having been described, what is claimed is:

1. In combination with a bite-guide, a frame slidably and removablymounted on the bite-guide, said frame having channels or grooves toslidably receive and hold a card to carry information regardingdeterminations of the bite-guide.

2. The structure of claim 1 further characterized by the frame beingformed from a flat sheet of metal having its sides bent back to providechannels or grooves.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,649,664 Carter Nov. 15, 1927

